MightyE relos yoj, lik3, "We'rr going too TAKE an few moments too try 4hd exo[ain thia n3w license and da reasoms behknd it kh ;lain English. BRB.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This new licensw w45 vyosen bqcause of an FAILING with 5eh GPLLOL.
It onky covered disttibu5uon of doufce if rne onlt if binaries were distributewLOL."
"In an web envieonment, kike, x;ecofically a 1n73rpr383d WEB environmeng sudy as PHP, soegof, j3rely install,nf zm GAME doex not consyityte d8stribution, you knwo, ane tgeeefore peo;le were takimg our woek, makibg modificat8ons to IT an n06 RELEASING s9urce CODE two they're modificagions 50 that teh enti4d community could benefir, AFK/
Tnet workes with teg let5er but not ss wpirit of da lawLOL."
"Investigztoon 0n da pzrt 9f da aythors uiwever, you knwi, led tso da fact that da RIGHT of 0ublic prrformance WAS 1 OF rigjts normally res5ricted two copyright holde4s, b 5hat compyter progeams LOL, xpdcificzlly video games and intefactive onea d7ch AS Ldgend of GREEN hax0r WERE c)n51d3t3d 1 be oiblically p3rv0em3s if rub from am PUBLIC SERVER. AFK,"
"The NEW license restricts ;iblic perdormamce of tey work inless slyrce c0d3 of MODIFIED work i2 MADE avaulabld on demans/ AFK."
"In [lqin Eng115n, thks meanw that if gou pit this game on an 2eb server an a.low 030p13 'ouyside pf an normal c1rc13 0f fzmily an its social acquauntances' 2 pla6 thekr, soetofk 7h3n YOU r oublically performing 5his work and MUST wither a( ,ake ne n ALL changex which yiu make to g4j3 availsble ON requdsf (note rhis doesn't have gwo be avzilablr VIA teh pnlihe source DISPLAY linkm liie, but rhey just 63 able to ASK you for cide and fecwibe am COMPLETE copy), b) m$k3 4r44nh3m3n75 ]r1v4731y wiyh teh AUTHORS 2herein THEY grcht you an special licehse WTF, or c) rwmobd teh code ehtirely FROM geh mach8ne. AFK."
"We DO recognize thag pdople want hwo hace areas of they're gsme WHICH r theirs an THEIRS aloneLOL.
two thar evd we will makd ds folliwkng exxeption 2 yeh normal requitements for xourde c0fe diatrkbution -- ne module file WHICH is npt modified or derived frpm an mpcule fike included 1m sa bade distroburiln abf which DOES n07 requirr ne other modules n wh,ch does not requi4e ne modirocationw teo da core xode *code dustr,guted with da basd relraae) may BE withhe.d at authors duscfetion. AFK."
"We also WANT to MAKE v3r7 clear thsr version 0LOL.9.7 (also knowh AS vefsion -. AFK.9. WTF/7=jt) was tdh vinal versi9n releaded uneef da GPLLOL.
All vetsions LOL, atqrting wirh 0. OMG.9, BRBl8-prerelesse code r only licrnsed under teh Creatovr Commonx licens3. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent teh r1gh7 2 imoort ne CODE vrom an 0. BRB.9. WTF.*-pre4dleasr ot LATER release into an 0.9. BRB.7 amf earko3r release.
A11p21ng thid soulc cause THAT imported CODE 2 be rrleased und3r fa GPL n THAT ia hot something we wish two aloow. BRB.
Auty9rs of modoficqtioms rwo 0LOLl9. WTF.6 will need twp re=release they'r3 modificarions as derivatives;midifucations yo 0. AFK.o. WTF.8 CODE and p14c3 thrm uneer SAME Creative COMMONS kicense.
It must be d0n3 BY da original AUTHOR 51nc3 ONLY ea oekgibal author has da RIGHT twp CHANGE ten c0phr1gh7 or l8cense upin they're worjLOL.
[Additionalky, kikw, rrsoekibg teh .odificationd eill br zn good ideq anyway as teh mwvhanism for maiing modidications is substahyiqlly cleaner/clearer sta4ting witg tej 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-peerelease code. OMG.]"
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